题目
London has a larger population______ in the United Kingdom.
A.than any city
B.than other cities
C.than all the cities
D.than all the other cities
第1题
A.London is a political, economic and cultural centre of the country
B.London has a larger population than all other cities in England
C.London is not only the largest city in Britain,but also the largest in the world
D.London has played a significant role in the economic construction of the country
第2题
A.than any city
B.than any other city
C.than all other city
D.than all the cities
第3题
A.it has a larger population
B.it is a bigger city
C.it is more difficult to go somewhere on foot
D.its people are friendlier and more polite
第4题
Questionsare based on the following passage.
In London, over half of the homes built between 1919 and 1980 had one garage.But many arebecoming needless.Between 2002 and 2012 the proportion of vehicles kept in garages at night droppedfrom 22% to 14%.This is in part because some households now have more cars than garage space.Butit is also because big modern cars do not fit in older garages, says David Leibling, a transport expert.
Few rust when left outside, and many are more difficult to steal: between 2003 and 2013 the number ofvehicle being stolen in England and Wales fell 76%.Instead, garages now solve a different set ofproblems.
Householders unable to move to larger homes have taken to filling their garages with unnecessaryand unwanted things.Some garages have been converted for aging parents for their convenience, says Paul Bishop, who runs a garage conversion company in Bedfordshire.Also, some young people unableor unwilling to leave home may have an option to live in the garage.In addition, a garage may be rentedto young folks fond of music.It is, more often than not, an ideal place to freely play music.
However, many publicly owned garages lie empty.Of the 6,000 garages owned by Hackney
council, around 40% are free.Over 3,000 garages owned by ten housing associations are unused and the land they take up is unfit for building homes upon, says Steve O"Connell, a councilor at the London Assembly.He thinks they could be turned into small offices.That has already happened in places such as Berlin.
Nevertheless converting garages can be troublesome, says Bill Hodgson of University College London.Few councils are enthusiastic enough to truly support the idea and put it into practice.A recent proposal to turn some garages in north London into shelters for the homeless has been rejected; councillors feared that local residents would not approve.Getting planning permission can be complex,
and developing on local authority land is often faced with various kinds of problems.Like the garages themselves, these plans may be useless and abandoned.
In the viewpoint of David Leibling, many garages are unused for velficles in that__________. 查看材料
A.the number of vehicles in the garages being stolen decreases by 76%
B.big modern vehicles are covered with rust when placed in the garages
C.big modem vehicles do not suit older garages
D.some families have more garages than vehicles
第5题
Madrid was hailed as a public health beacon last November when it rolled out ambitious restrictions on the most polluting cars. Seven months and one election day later, a new conservative city council suspended enforcement of the clean air zone, a first step toward its possible demise.Mayor Jose Luis Martinez -Almeida made opposition to the zone a centrepiece of his election campaign, despite its success in improving air quality. A judge has now overruled the city 's decision to stop levying fines, ordering them reinstated. But with legal battles ahead, the zone's future looks uncertain at best.Among other weaknesses, the measures cities must employ when left to tackle dirty air on their own are politically contentious, and therefore vulnerable. That s because they inevitably put the costs of cleaning the air on to individual drivers 一who must pay fees or buy better vehicles 一rather than on to the car manufacturers whose cheating is the real cause of our toxic pollution.It's not hard to imagine a similar reversal happening in London. The new ultra-low emission zone (Ulez) is likely to be a big issue in next year's mayoral election. And if Sadiq Khan wins and extends it to the North and South Circular roads in 2021 as he intends, it is sure to spark intense opposition from the far larger number of motorists who will then be affected.It's not that measures such as London's Ulez are useless. Far from it. Local officials are using the levers that are available to them to safeguard residents' health in the face of a serious threat. The zones do deliver some improvements to air quality, and the science tells us that means real health benefits - fewer heart attacks, strokes and premature births, less cancer, dementia and asthma. Fewer untimely deaths.But mayors and councillors can only do so much about a problem that is far bigger than any one city or town. They are acting because national governments一Britains and others across Europe - have failed to do so.Restrictions that keep highly polluting cars out of certain areas - city centres, school streets", even individual roads - are a response to the absence of a larger effort to properly enforce existing regulations and require auto companies to bring their vehicles into compliance. Wales has introduced special low speed limits to minimise pollution. We re doing everything but insist that manufacturers clean up their cars.
31. Which of the following is true about Madrid's clean air zone? ()
A.Its effects are questionable
B.It has been opposed by a judge
C.It needs tougher enforcement
D.Its fate is yet to be decided
32. Which is considered a weakness of the city-level measures to tackle dirty air? ()
A.They are biased against car manufacturers.
B.They prove impractical for city councils.
C.They are deemed too mild for politicians.
D.They put too much burden on individual motorists.
33. The author believes that the extension of London's Ulez will ().
A.arouse strong resistance.
B.ensure Khan's electoral success.
C.improve the city s traffic.
D.discourage car manufacturing.
34. Who does the author think should have addressed the problem? ()
A.Local residents
B.Mayors.
C.Councilors.
D.National governments.
35. It can be inferred from the last paragraph that auto companies ().
A.will raise low-emission car production
B.should be forced to follow regulations
C.will upgrade the design of their vehicles
D.should be put under public supervision
第6题
A.for lack in
B.from a lack of
C.for a lack of
D.as lack in
第8题
A.so much as
B.quite a bit
C.larger than
D.more than
第9题
Last week Tom Walker arrived in London where his company has a new office.(英译汉)
第10题
A.He prefers to wear jeans with a larger waist.
B.He has been extremely busy recently.
C.He has gained some weight lately.
D.He enjoyed going shopping with Jane yesterday.
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